Got a new washing machine, which comes with a 10 year parts guarantee you have to register for. However as expected there is a labour charge for any repair (after the first year which comes as standard), which it states is £110 per repair.

I have to admit I’m quite tempted not to register for it, as I’m thinking that if it breaks in the 2nd year they’d then want me to use the parts warranty and pay for the labour. Whereas under EU law there is an inherent 2 or 3 year warranty on such items and I should be getting any repair done completely free, so effectively I’d get a better deal without registering.

I’ve also done quite a few repairs on our old washing machine and never paid anywhere near £110 for the parts (having owned washing machines for 25 years I don’t think I’ve paid that much in total on parts). So it doesn’t seem incredibly good value anyway.